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1972 Chicago White Sox  (1971)  (1973) 85-77, 3rd in AL Western Division Scored 603 runs, Allowed 594 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .716 Park Factor: Batting - 97 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 77-85   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 87-67 Manager(s): Ben Lea

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B  Dick Allen           30  162  584   98  183  31   8  39  101  13   9   91  158  .313  .406  .594  144   9.4  4e35      -23  
 OF #Ken Henderson        26  141  505   75  130  29   3  24   55  17  14   35   68  .257  .307  .469   69   4.8  2(-2)e9    21  
 1B  Greg Luzinski        21  120  403   50  116  19   2  19   60   0   0   30   82  .288  .339  .486   63   5.7  3e30       41  
 OF *Mike Lum             26  125  441   59   95  10   3  19   50   0   3   43   51  .215  .288  .381   48   3.6  2(-2)e9    -3  
 OF  Gene Clines          25  117  341   45  106  25   5   0   23  17   8   13   76  .311  .344  .413   46   5.0  4(+3)e13  -33  
 C  *Ed Herrmann          25  126  413   38   96  18   0  14   56   0   0   30   46  .232  .281  .378   40   3.2  3(+2)e6   -34  
 OF *Dave May             28  132  402   40   91  16   2   9   31   9  13   43   35  .226  .305  .343   38   3.0  2(-2)e7     2  
 2B  Davey Johnson        29  148  435   37   79  25   4   2   34   1   3   50   68  .182  .274  .271   34   2.4  2e10     -110  
 1B *Joe Hague            28  100  237   29   54  10   2   7   23   0   1   40   42  .228  .338  .376   30   4.3  2e4       -53  
 SS #Roger Metzger        24   85  284   22   70   9   1   1   18   3   1   32   24  .246  .319  .296   29   3.5  2e22       68  
 SS  Leo Cardenas         33   77  274   20   68   6   0   7   30   1   2   12   33  .248  .279  .347   24   3.0  3e24       71  
 C   Phil Roof            31   54  144   15   44  11   3   1   13   0   0   14   23  .306  .365  .444   23   6.2  2(0)e12   218  
 OF  Bill Robinson        29   73  213   25   54  13   1   8   32   6   6    4   39  .254  .266  .437   20   3.1  3(0)e6     19  
 2B  Ted Sizemore         27   79  161   11   35   4   0   1   16   4   1   16   16  .217  .292  .261   13   2.7  3e23     -106  
 1B *Tony Muser           24   22   61    7   16   3   0   1    3   1   0    1    7  .262  .281  .361    6   3.6  2e16      -86  
 OF *Charlie Manuel       28   13   44    2   10   2   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .227  .227  .273    2   1.9  4(0)e7     -3  
 3B  Chris Arnold         24   40   34    4    6   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    8  .176  .237  .206    1   1.3  3e17     -172  
 C   Paul Casanova        30   28   45    2    5   1   0   1    1   0   0    0   10  .111  .111  .200    0    .5  3(0)e10  -190  
 3B  Billy Parker         30   51   16    4    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    6  .188  .222  .188    0   1.5  3e30     -188  
 PH *Jorge Orta           21    8   12    1    1   0   0   0    1   1   1    2    4  .083  .200  .083    0    .7           -275  
 C   Chuck Brinkman       27   15    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167  .167  .167    0   1.0  2(-1)e8     2  
 PH  Eddie Leon           25    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -536  
 PR  Lee Richard          23    8    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -483  
 C   Ken Suarez           29    1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?  2(+1)e16 -348  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           637                   -8

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Wilbur Wood          30  25  12  .676  44  44  26   0   0   0   3  363.2  294  121  109  26   91  165  2.70  125   3.1  -31  
  P  Bill Stoneman        28  18  14  .562  39  39   9   0   0   0   0  288.1  248  104   92  19  100  188  2.87  107   3.3  -25  
  P  Juan Marichal        34  11   8  .579  21  21   6   0   0   0   0  145.0  169   69   60   9   43   36  3.72   75   4.7  -39  
  P  Jim Ray              27   7   4  .636  38   0   0  10   1   0   0   66.0   56   27   24   4   31   40  3.27   29   4.1  -71  
  P  Tom Bradley          25   6   9  .400  19  19   4   0   0   0   1  134.2  108   50   44   8   38  101  2.94   47   3.2  -45  
  P *Dave Lemonds         24   5   6  .455  20  18   0   0   0   1   0  109.0  105   49   44   8   42   74  3.63   51   4.2    4  
  P *Terry Forster        20   4   2  .667  39   0   0  21  13   6   0   45.1   53   28   23   1   24   47  4.57   28   5.6  196  
  P *John Hiller          29   3   4  .429  41   2   0  26   1   1   0   49.0   42   13   10   2   14   34  1.84   16   2.9  -56  
  P *Grant Jackson        29   2   0 1.000  22   0   0  14   1   1   0   28.2   27    9    9   0    9   21  2.83   11   3.7   64  
  P  Steve Dunning        23   2   9  .182  20  16   2   3   1   0   0  108.1  115   66   60   9   64   46  4.98   65   5.4   -7  
  P  Cy Acosta            25   1   0 1.000  37   0   0  22  11   1   0   38.2   23    9    7   1   20   34  1.63    9   2.2  -69  
  P  Don Rose             25   1   5  .167  26   2   0  13   1   0   0   49.0   51   21   21   3   13   40  3.86   22   4.2 -179  
  P *Rich Hinton          25   0   1  .000   2   0   0   1   0   0   0    2.1    5    2    2   1    0    2  7.71    3  12.6  484  
  P  Rich Gossage         21   0   3  .000  14   1   0   5   2   1   0   36.1   37   26   24   0   27   27  5.94   18   4.4   16  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      612        -24

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Ed Herrmann 961 110 118 627 51 7 2 .990 65 25 Phil Roof 359 42 49 234 18 4 1 .984 14 10 Paul Casanova 115 10 24 69 3 1 1 .986 5 2 Chuck Brinkman 27 0 14 18 1 0 1 1.000 2 0 Ken Suarez 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Greg Luzinski 750 87 92 746 60 11 61 .987 9.67 Joe Hague 503 55 68 475 39 2 38 .996 9.19 Tony Muser 113 14 15 108 15 1 16 .992 9.83 Dick Allen 97 6 25 78 9 0 5 1.000 8.07 Billy Parker 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Davey Johnson 1140 129 144 348 344 10 84 .986 5.46 Ted Sizemore 315 33 47 118 74 6 21 .970 5.49 Billy Parker 7 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.40 Chris Arnold 3 0 3 2 2 0 0 1.000 13.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Allen 1296 156 156 142 249 25 29 .940 2.72 Chris Arnold 97 4 35 11 18 4 2 .879 2.68 Billy Parker 54 0 33 3 12 3 0 .833 2.52 Jorge Orta 17 2 2 2 3 1 0 .833 2.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roger Metzger 766 85 85 127 316 7 60 .984 5.20 Leo Cardenas 692 77 77 128 256 9 28 .977 5.00 Billy Parker 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Chris Arnold 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Henderson 723 81 98 154 6 4 1 .976 1.99 Gene Clines 583 67 75 128 1 6 0 .956 1.99 Greg Luzinski 87 9 12 22 1 1 0 .958 2.37 Bill Robinson 39 1 20 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.40 Charlie Manuel 32 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave May 1022 111 127 316 8 3 0 .991 2.85 Ken Henderson 333 39 41 106 1 1 0 .991 2.89 Bill Robinson 81 9 11 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.67 Mike Lum 16 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Gene Clines 13 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.13 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Lum 978 107 119 201 6 3 4 .986 1.90 Bill Robinson 349 42 43 64 3 0 2 1.000 1.73 Charlie Manuel 69 8 9 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Gene Clines 52 5 11 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Tony Muser 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 Ken Henderson 6 0 6 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 Dave May 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Joe Hague 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1972 Draft

Round 1 (#16):	Dick Allen
Round 2 (#35):	Bill Robinson
Round 3 (#54):	Leo Cardenas
Round 4 (#72):	Eddie Leon
Round 5 (#87):	Ken Suarez
Round 6 (#100):	Joe Hague

Transactions

• 1972-01: acquired Don Rose as a free agent
• 1972-02: acquired Paul Casanova as a free agent
• 1972-11: acquired Rich Hinton as a free agent
• 1972-12: traded Grant Jackson to ATN for Roger Metzger
• 1972-12: traded Tom Bradley, Eddie Leon to SFN for Juan Marichal, Chris Arnold
• 1972-21: acquired Charlie Manuel as a free agent
• 1972-21: released Rich Hinton
• 1972 postseason: released Joe Hague, Billy Parker, Jim Ray, Lee Richard

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